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On 7/5/02 3:48 PM, in article B8FDC3C2.1328%outback@hotpop.com, "Waldo"
<outback@hotpop.com> wrote:

> Has anybody created a successful hack OSX driver for the Epson Stylus Color
> 670 USB?
> 
> Having discovered the method to hack the supported Epson OSX drivers at
> http://www.cblue.org/ss2500.html -I find that I am still unable to hack the
> SC740 to suit a SC670 USB printer(Even though the page says it can be done)!
> 
> I am unsure as to:
> 1) Whether to rename the filenames for the plugin and driver from SC740 to
> SC670
> 
> 2) Once TinkerTool shows the invisible files in the directory - how do you
> delete them out of the plugin ( all I get is task not completed (- error 2-)
> How would one use the Terminal to delete such files?
> 
> 3) Does anything need to be done to activate the Epson Printer Utility( that
> comes with 10.1.2) other than trying to get the Print Center to accept the
> connected USB printer?
> 
> Any Help or advise on this would be greatly appreciated
> 
> regards
> 
> PS.I found the following additional comment on the pages instructions from
> elsewhere online - but as HexEdit could find an exact code match I thought
> it unapplicable to my SC740 -> SC670 driver...
> 
> "The new drivers with X 10.1 make a new section appear in the print center -
> Epson USB. If you want to hack one of the new printer drivers then you have
> to change one other part of the driver file in addition to where it says in
> the above page. Here is the other bit you have to change: Printer Browser
> KindKind:EPSON Inkjet;Name:SP 780 Again, change the 780 to your model number
> - you will find your printer still coming up as 'unsupported' in the 'USB'
> section, but look in the Epson USB section! This also means that you can use
> the 'EPSON Printer Utility' that comes with these drivers! I can't test this
> yet because I don't have a colour ink cartridge for my SP 750 - though the
> utility works correctly and lets me check ink levels etc. Malcolm"
> 
> 
> 
The 'hack' works perfectly. Just follow the instructions to the letter using
the Epson 740 driver as the base.

Regards,

Harry Werkman